Environmental Video Guide

Environmental Video Guide

Environmental Video Guide air pollution, water pollution, rivers, lakes, streams, cities, counties, sustainability, climate change, solid waste, household hazardous waste, electronics, waste reduction, natural resources, communities, sustainabe design, reduce, reuse, recycle, transportation, native landscaping, rain gardens, composting, worm composting, wetlands, mercury, landfills, packaging,2009 consumption, food waste, stewardship, schools, conservation, education, yard waste, buy recycled, garbage, pollution prevention, lead, lawn care environmental education, water quality, minnesota, clean-up, yard waste, burn barrels, climate change, recycle, transporation, reduce, reuse, rain gardens, wetlands, landfills, electronics, planning, sustainability, green building, composting, A collection of educational videos on environmental topics available for a free, three-week loan Minnesota Pollution 651-757-2120 800-877-6300 Control Agency [email protected] Videos listed in this guide are available from the Learning Resource Center at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). These materials are available at no charge to Minnesota residents, institutions and businesses for a three-week loan period. Unless listed as a source, the MPCA is not the copyright holder for these materials. Be aware that: • It is illegal to duplicate any of these videos with out the written consent of the copyright holder. • The copyright holder may have restrictions for use of the material for broadcast or special event screenings of the material. • A listing of the source is available online at www.pca.state.mn.us or by contacting the Learning Resource Center. The views and information contained in these materials do not necessarily reflect those of the MPCA. The materials are provided as educational tools. Additional resources for environmental education, including printed materials, speakers and portable displays, are available by contacting the Learning Resource Center. Learning Resource Center & Library Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 520 Lafayette Road North St. Paul, MN 55155-4100 651-757-2120 toll-free 800-877-6300 email: [email protected] www.pca.state.mn.us p-ee5-02 1/9/09 Page 1 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Adopt a River Program: Minnesota Clean Earth (Video Pack) (1992) Rivers Project (1992) Length: 48.00 Age Level: Grades 3 + Length: 5.00 Age Level: All Based on the best-selling book "50 Simple Things Kids In Minnesota we take pride in our endless shoreline and Can Do to Save the Earth", these CBS Schoolbreak the beauty surrounding it. However this beauty is being Specials provide examples of activities that kids from detroyed by illegal dumping. The amount of dumping around the country are doing to help the environment. that happens is staggering, along the Mississippi River, in The video pack comes with two videos and the book an area less than 1 mile long volunteers pulled out 70 (Part 1: Water and Resources - 21 minutes, Part 2: tons of debris. This video challenges you to become Greenlife, Wildlife, Energy and Air - 27 minutes). Hosted personally involved in the care of our resources through by television stars Sara Gilbert and Brian Green, with the Adopt-a-River program. earth quizzes and tips from other celebrities. Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Source: Churchill Media Topic(s) Citizen Action Topic(s) Overview Topic(s) cleanup ABC's of Composting, The (1995) Topic(s) litter Water Length: 12.10 Age Level: High school + Topic(s) Never composted before? Need some pointers on Affluenza (1997) improving your home compost pile? This short video Length: 57.00 Age Level: Junior High + provides you the recipe for success: green, brown, air, and water. It explains the basic components of the Affluenza is a fascinating look at one of the greatest composting process, how to put together your compost social maladies of our time: overconsumption and pile, how to troubleshoot some common problems, and materialism. Hosted by National Public Radio's Scott how to use finished compost. Simon, this video explores both the comical and sobering Source: Twin Cities Public Television aspects of our consumerism and its enormous impact on our families, communities and the environment. It leaves Topic(s) Compost the viewer with the positive message that it is possible to Topic(s) Yard Waste spend less money and be happier. Source: Bullfrog Films Ace Hardware, Environmental Best Topic(s) Environmental Issues Overview Practices For Retail Profit (1998) Topic(s) Waste Implications Length: 18.00 Age Level: High School + Ace Hardware stores demonstrate that less waste equals After the Storm (2003) smart business. The video introduces the concept of Length: 22.00 Age Level: Middle school + resource conservation and how it can be implemented in Across the world people live, work and play in a business through source reduction (preventing waste) watersheds. This video takes a look at what a watershed and recycling (utilizing waste). Four Minnesota Ace is and how we play a role in the biggest water quality Hardware stores are featured demonstrating their waste problem and solutions in the nation; polluted runoff. This reduction activities including: donating glass scraps to a video highlights three case studies, in the US, that shows local stain glass artist, installing LED and fluorescent light the interconnections between our water supply, water bulbs, using cloth towel dispensers in restrooms instead quality and economic vitality, and what citizens can do to of paper towels, and many more. protect their watershed. Source: Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance Source: US EPA Audio-Visual Library Topic(s) Conservation Topic(s) Water Quality Topic(s) Recycling Topic(s) Waste Reduction February 2009 Page 2 Alu Man the Can (1987) Autumn: Nature's Sights and Sounds (1984) Length: 15.00 Age Level: Grades K - 2 Length: 14.00 Age Level: Elementary Alu Man, the aluminum can, learns that he shouldn't just This video looks at the many changes autumn brings to be thrown away as garbage, but instead should be the forests. Glorious colors are one trademark, as plants recycled and used over and over again. In his journey to and trees show their warm yellow, red and orange the recycling center, he meets Nettie Newspaper, Mr. G colors. Autumn also provides seeds, berries and nuts for (the garbage can), BJ Bottle and Randy Recycler. Using the birds and animals, in preparation for winter, where simple puppets, this story introduces recycling-related some store food underground while others eat extra so concepts to preschool and early elementary students. they can store it as fat in their body, while others migrate. Source: Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance Source: Maslowski Wildlife Productions Topic(s) Recycle Topic(s) Seasons Ambiente Familiar (Family Environment) Back from the Brink: Saving America's (1996) Cities by Design (1996) Length: 30.00 Age Level: Grade 4 + Length: 56.40 Age Level: High School + This video is in the style of an "environmental soap This program tells the story of three American cities - opera" featuring a Mexican-American family in West St. Portland, Oregon, Suisun City, California, and Paul, MN. The stories of the Alvarez family teach about Chattanooga, Tennessee - that have revitalized the importance of environmental issues, including the "3 themselves by using architecture and planning as tools R's" and mercury pollution. Some of the video is in for restoring a sense of community, improving livability Spanish (subtitled) with some English. and enhancing economic viability. Each city sought to Source: Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance revitalize its urban center and started by establishing a long-term vision for its future, asking residents "How Topic(s) Mercury would you like to see your city develop?" Innovative Topic(s) Pollution Prevention plans for economic growth are paired with long-term strategies for managing growth. An Inconvenient Truth; A Global Warning Source: The American Architectural Foundation (2006) Topic(s) Sustainable Development Length: 96.00 Age Level: high school + Topic(s) Urban Planning Former Vice President Al Gore presents an eye-opening and compelling view of the futue of our planet and our Back to the Future: Designs for Walkable civilization. This wake-up call that cuths through myths Neighborhoods (1996) and misconceptions to deliver the message that global warming is a real and present danger. This video brings Length: 20.00 Age Level: High School + home Gore's persuasive argument that we must act now This video begins with a short dramatization of the to save the earth. Each and every one of us can make difficulties an office worker encounters when he decides changes in the way in which we live our lives and become to walk to a restaurant at lunch from a remote office part of the solution location, illustrating the challenges faced with auto- Source: Paramount Classics oriented planning. Through examples in and around Wisconsin, this video introduces key design concepts, Topic(s) Climate community strategies and the wide range of social, Topic(s) Environmental Issues Overview economic and environmental benefits of pedestrian Topic(s) Greenhouse Effect friendly development. Source: Citizens for a Better Environment - WI Asthma in the Air (1999) Topic(s) Sustainable Development Length: 8.00 Age Level: elementary + Topic(s) Urban Planning Kids with asthma speak out about how air pollution, especially ground-level ozone (smog) feels to them. They offer tips on what to do during elevated ozone days and simple ways to reduce ozone causing pollution. Source: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Topic(s) Greenhouse Effect February 2009 Page 3 Barney & Friends: Our Earth, Our Home Better Than Recycling: Waste Prevention in (1992) Manufacturing and Distribution (2001) Length: 30.00 Age Level: Preschool - K Length: 16.00 Age Level: High school + Barney the Dinosaur and his friends get excited about This video, the third in a 3-part series, identifies areas things they can do to protect the Earth. Fun-filled songs where you can prevent waste.

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